Royce M. Wheeler

Royce Matthew Wheeler (1834-) was a Union provost marshal registrar during the American Civil War. In July 1863, he confronted Irish immigrant Owen O'Devine and informed him that he had to register for the draft unless he could pay $300. O'Devine got into a fight with Wheeler as the police attempted to force him to register, and the Irishmen hurled insults at Wheeler and told him to go back to where he came from, and Wheeler taunted them by saying that he was born in the United States.